Re: How should I handle this co-director job?
 

Every Director is a new sheet of paper, and you can never guess how they will work. From experience some are total pains in the bum, others who are willing to listen and then if your idea is better, they'll happily run with yours and take the credit, or pass on the blame.

I'd rather be the co-director of a great success and glean the praise from it, that the one in charge of a disaster.

The reviews of the new Cats movie - for example. Universally dreadful and so many seem like elementary direction errors that they tried to fix right up to distribution and release. All the people who worked on that movie will be thinking about how it works for or against their careers. As somebody doing lights or looking after grip - they'll not worry. The artistic folk? Not so sure?

Re: How should I handle this co-director job?
 

Yeah maybe it will be all good in the end... If he is making almost all the decisions then, should I just try to be in on as much input with him and be ready to go for anything, but just sit back and see what happens then?

Re: How should I handle this co-director job?
 

In these relationships you just have to ensure that your end is covered by being proactive and play it by ear as the project progresses.

Re: How should I handle this co-director job?
 

Okay thanks, I can do that. Thanks.

Re: How should I handle this co-director job?
 

I have another question when it comes to co-directing. I didn't say anything before cause i felt the other director who is also the writer, perhaps gets to have final say over his script.

However, there are parts in the script when characters go through changes and make decisions that I don't buy at all, character wise. I feel like the characters sometimes make decisions that are in complete service of the plot. But does a co-director have any say in if the decisions should be changed?

Re: How should I handle this co-director job?
 

Co-Director doesn't tell anyone about the two job roles, or the power split. If you were a co director of a business then you'd maybe have 49% and the other person 51% - meaning you cannot make any decisions.

In your version, what did you agree about decisions. Is he executive director to your associate director or are you equally partners? (always a bad move). If the characterisations cause script conflicts then one of you will need to capitulate. Your only way through is negotiation.